This week we have a special guest on the BYOB. We spend some time talking to Dean Roddey from Charmed Quark Systems. As Chairman, founder, and CTO of the company, Dean walks us through the capabilities of his software and key differentiators between CQC and the competition. We only touch the surface of its capabilities, [...]
It’s time for you to speak up about PP3. Cruise over to the homeservershow forums and let us know how you would grade PP3 overall. How would you improve it? What do you want in PP4? There are several threads over there already discussing PP3 so join in. We will go over all the issues [...]
Have you installed PP3 yet? It’s very simple but here is a small guide to help out a bit. The prerequisites are as follows: You must have PP2 installed. You must remove any PP3 betas. You install it by going to your WHS console and clicking settings. In the General tab there is an “Update [...]
Did you catch podcast 65? Maybe you should listen to the first two minutes again. You will find out exactly what time Microsoft will unleash Power Pack 3 to Windows Update. You will also be able to download podcast 66 tomorrow at the same time PP3 is released. I highly recommend listening to the interview [...]
In show 50 we discussed running PP3 on production servers versus a test environment. I threw together a quick survey to hopefully get some insight on how PP3 is being tested. Please take a second to indicate how you are running PP3 and I’ll announce the results on the next podcast. There is an option [...]
The Home Server Show 50 – Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server in Depth In today’s episode Jim, John, and Chris go over their thoughts on Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server. I also chat with Andrew Edney and get into a little bit more detail with the new power pack. Links and [...]
Ian Dixon over at The Digital Lifestyle.com posted an article he found at hack7mc.com, that uses a tiny app to modify the Media Center start strips. I like how in a previous build of PP3 beta, both icons are on the Main MCE Page. So I used this app to delete the “Home Server” strip [...]
Update: UK and EU listeners, I may try to record some tomorrow afternoon/evening your time. Stay tuned to Twitter for more info. If you are testing PP3 for Windows Home Server you are invited to share your thoughts on it tomorrow night at 9:00 P.M. CST. That is, Wednesday, July 22nd, at 9 Central. Contact [...]
From this; To this; Change the text for PP3 icons to Camel Case. (or media capitals), This requires a registry edit but is very simple. Open your Registry Editor and change the title to Camel Case in all 3 registries.
You know, I know, everybody knows. PP3 was released to public beta today. The news is everywhere. What you might not know is there is a public forum to discuss PP3 in all it’s “beta-ness.” There are a couple in fact. Microsoft’s Official PP3 Beta Forum MediaSmartServer.net PP3 Beta Forum Don’t forget that you will [...]
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